CHARACTERIZATION OF CRACK USERS SERVED IN CAPS FOR ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS CARACTERIZAÇÃO DOS USUÁRIOS DE CRACK ATENDIDOS NO CAPS ÁLCOOL E OUTRAS DROGAS CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LOS USUARIOS DE CRACK ATENDIDOS EN CAPS ALCOHOL Y OTRAS DROGAS

Objectives: become aware about the specificities of the treatment of crack users who are attended in the Center of Psychological and Social Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs in Sobral/CE in 2010. Methodology: it is an exploratory-descriptive study, documentary, retrospective with a quantitative approach, performed at the Center of Psychological and Social Care for Alcohol and Other Drugs in Sobral/CE in 2011. As a sample, it had 97 medical records from crack users attended in the CAPS-AD in Sobral, in 2010. The data were organized in numerical order and tabulated in the Microsoft Office Excel, version 2007, and subsequently analyzed on the basis of statistical analysis. It is important to mention that this study is part of the project “Clinical comorbidities present in users of crack and alcohol in treatment at CAPS-AD, in Sobral/CE”, approved by the Committee of Ethics and Research from the Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau through CAAE n° 0069.0.039.000-11 and under protocol n° 1033/2011. Results: the majority of the users were male, aged between 11 and 29 years old, single, unfinished high school, unemployed, with their origins in Sobral, and entered in the CAPS AD spontaneously. The total period of consumption of crack is above 5 years and a daily frequency for most of the cases. The associated harms, in the majority of the cases, are related to family. In relation to treatment, 72% of users presented insomnia, 55,7% loss of appetite, 81,2% did not make complementary exams, 41,2% were interned for detoxification. Conclusion: the obtainment of meaningful results in the treatment of crack users depend on the implementation of public policies, the multi-professional involvement in the therapeutic plan and the interaction among the several segments of society. Descriptors: drug users; therapeutic; mental health. RESUMO